Medium Altitude Long Endurance

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Medium Altitude Long Endurance (short: MALE ) is a possible classification of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Medium Altitude refers to the operating altitude, which for MALE-UAVs is between about 5,000 and 15,000 m (15,000 - 45,000 ft ). Long Endurance describes mission times over 24 hours.

Examples

MQ-1 Predator

Typical representatives of this class are:

• Anka
• Dominator
• Hermes 900
• Bayraktar TB2
• Heron
• Mantis
• Predator

See also

• High Altitude Long Endurance
• drone

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sascha Lange: "flying robots instead of manned military aircraft?" ; SWP study from July 2003 (PDF, 272kb)
2. ↑ Tusaş : TURKISH INDIGENOUS MALE UAV "ANKA". Archived from the original on October 14, 2011 ; Retrieved September 13, 2011 . 
3. ↑ aeronautics-sys.com: Dominator UAV. Retrieved January 26, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Defense Update: Heron MALE System. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009 ; Retrieved January 26, 2010 . 
5. ^ BAE Systems: MANTIS. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010 ; Retrieved January 26, 2010 . 
6. ↑ defense-update.com: MQ-9 Reaper Hunter / Killer UAV. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010 ; Retrieved January 26, 2010 .